About the Author

Hello! And welcome to my journal. I call myself the Beading Gem because of my given name (a certain cultured gem) and because I love beading and jewelry. So much so that in early 2005, I started my own small business offering a Design Your Own Jewelry service to local budding enthusiasts (see Workshops and Home Beading Parties).

As we have way too much fun designing jewelry at BG home parties and workshops, I found I had little time to tell the fascinating stories behind the beads and gemstones we use and about jewelry too. So it was time for another "facet" of the Beading Gem. The Beading Gem's Journal is the place for all those stories I never get to tell, melding all my passions - writing, reading, history,science and gardening into this blog. Check back often for "nuggets" of information.

Here too will be a showcase of original beader designs. I am often awed by how good some of the jewelry that comes together in a single afternoon and often by beginners who have never ever beaded before! The work of artisan jewelers from around the world are also featured, providing all of us with inspirational designs.

Email : beadinggem [at] yahoo.ca (please add the @ sign)

Check out the Beading Gem on jewelrygeeks.com

Online Articles about The Beading Gem:

October 2007 : An Extraordinarily Different Jewelry Blog
January 2008: The Beading Gem is Interviewed!